Chapter 1

1. Authors at the Bureau of Labor Education at the University of Maine point to low scores on a recent World Health Organization (WHO) survey as proof that Americans are paying too much and getting too little in the way of health care. Which of WHO’s three goals (the provision of good health, responsiveness to the expectations of the population, and the fairness of the individuals’ financial contribution toward their health care) do you think is most important to Americans. Why?
2. More than 40 million Americans lack health insurance. Tom Miller maintains that they do not need it and will not suffer medically or financially if they do not have it. Lisa Climan and Adria Scharf provide the stories of people who are suffering because they do not have insurance. Who makes the better case? How do Miller’s studies and...